Suzy Klein takes us through the morning with the best in classical music, and we hear about Armando Iannucci's cultural inspirations.

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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

Suzy takes us through the morning with the best in classical music

0930 What would you recommend to someone who enjoys Copland's Appalachian Spring? Music whose bold and radical simplicity has become the sound of an idealised America - a dream realised in Copland's infectiously, generously optimistic music.

1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history

1050 Writer, satirist and classical music fan Armando Iannucci talks about the ideas that have inspired and shaped him throughout his life. Today - why he loves the music of Mahler.